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• Feb 23, 2016

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RedCowboy

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The kryton is too thin in my opinion, there are many builders here who can make you a good host, or a heatsink.

Ehgemeus makes a lot of great hosts. http://laserpointerforums.com/members/ehgemus/

Here's another list, some may not be active.
http://laserpointerforums.com/f41/made-lpf-support-your-fellow-laserists-first-83991.html

 

Last edited: Feb 23, 2016

• Feb 24, 2016

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welcome , before you do you own laser build do some practice on cheep lasers how to use the solder and so on if you have the cheep 303 lasers take it a part undersold the diode and solder it back on so you can learn and get practice i my self destroyed a lot of expensive diodes heheh

 

• Feb 24, 2016

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I appreciate it guys. This build should be a breeze considering the amount of help I've already received.

 

• Feb 24, 2016

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Welcome, Gregory. I can tell you for certain that the thermal conductivity of titanium is poor when compared with just about any material usually made into a heat sink. I'd have to look it up, but IIRC the thermal conductivity is around 60 W/m x K. Copper is over 400.

 

• Feb 24, 2016

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can we have a picture of the bat???

 

• Feb 24, 2016

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Thanks Paul, i assumed the metals being used were the most efficient for the job.

 

• Feb 24, 2016

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Yes Isaac, i will send one when I get home, about an hour.

 

• Feb 24, 2016

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Turns out my copy and paste skills are terrible. Anyone know how to copy and paste a picture on a Samsung Tab A?

 

• Feb 24, 2016

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Welcome to the forum Looks like you might catch the build bug.
Just so you know a 1W laser isn't "low" power I would consider low power as 5mW or less as everything above that isn't considered eye safe.
As others have mentioned, you need a good size heat-sink for that diode but there are lots of potential choices for a host or someone can make what you want with just a 2 wire hookup. How large a host/sink matters for how you intend to use it. Simple as long runtime = large heat-sink.